thanks. basically what i'm asking... i'm only interested in going the route of the mountain path specifically to get to the gith creche. so i'm assuming that i should go through the underdark and into the cursed lands into act 2, and then circling my way back to the gith creche
Have you played Divinity Original Sin 1&2? It’s what you’re describing but you can get them both for $60 bundled together and probably $20-30 when they’re on sale. They obviously didn’t have the funding they had for BG3 so the cinematics aren’t there and there isn’t a billion endings but they’re more of this BG3 style game without the dnd layer if that’s what you want.
That's how I went into chapter 2. Be aware, you will need to spend some time doing things before you can reach the mountain pass from the chapter 2 side. If you really want to test it out, you can get the fast travel mark to chapter 2 Underdark, then port back to chapter 1, and take the mountain pass. I would assume it would work that way, but no clue what all changes when transitioning chapters.
Thanks, yes played DOS2 excessively and enjoyed. A DOS3 with the same production quality and overall story elements of BG3 would seem like a no brainer since B3 expanded the develop's footprint even further in the market and DOS2 had a large cult following in its own right. Would like to see something with more indepth chacter development/choices (mass skill tree's, passives etc ...like give me ARPG level theory crafting on builds and options) combined with a mix of DOS2 and B3 elements and i'm tickled pink.
Funny because for some reson I enjoyed DOS1 more than DOS2, but opinions are like assholes, right? I really like the whole CD and AP system in these types of games more than the DnD BS with resting and all that. It just ruins the continuity. You get in a tough fight, and lets face it, there is a LOT of tough fights in these games, you spend all of your shit and now have to rest before moving forward. It was the same downer in the Pathfinder games too. I get it, the build variety, all the nuance of the DnD systems which have been modified, added to over the last 30 yrs. But they jsut dont fit in video games IMO without modifying them, which im sure they had to in this game even.
the counter point to this, is that there have been several dnd games that have tried to "video game" the abilities and they ALWAYS just come across as too gamey. i don't mind the rest system, but i do appreciate that without a dm to sort of manage the use of short and long rests it just comes across as artificially breaking up encounters
You can pickpocket everything that a vendor sells, and there are generally at least 1 or 2 higher level items on vendors (there is a very high probability of getting caught on those items though). Unless you are going to save scum 100 times to get those high gold items, the best things to pick up safely are potions and specialty arrows (which get refreshed every time you rest).
Decided to give the game a try, pretty fun better than most of the games I’ve put stock into lately.
Minor illusion or having a cat meow can draw away everyone but your mark in a lot of places too.
It's not even that everyone else is slightly more tolerable, it's that everyone else are just in the way of eradicating mind flayers. Their sole purpose is the complete and utter destruction of all things illithid, everything else is inconsequential including the life and death of everything else.
